What needs to be considered before making lifetime gifts?

by Senior Scene | Dec 31, 2024 | Featured Article (04), Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine

What needs to be considered before making lifetime gifts? By Attorney Truman Scarborough A full description of estate planning would include the accumulation, preservation, and gifting of property.  While most of our lives are devoted to the acquisition and...

What’s the Deal with Life Insurance?

by Senior Scene | Dec 31, 2024 | Featured Article (04), Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine

What’s the Deal with Life Insurance?‘ By: Max Valavanis, CFP® Although it might sound strange, you can compare life insurance to cars. You can have expensive cars, muscle cars, and simple ol’ reliable cars.  Life insurance also has many options. However, when you boil...

‘Tis the Season for RMDs

by Senior Scene | Nov 30, 2024 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)

‘Tis the Season for RMDs By: Max Valavanis, CFP® While some seniors gleefully take their distributions for holiday shopping, others will sigh as the unneeded cash drains from their retirement accounts. Despite this, when Uncle Sam dictates that it’s necessary to take...

Why won’t the attorney talk with me?

by Senior Scene | Nov 30, 2024 | Featured Article (04), Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine

Why won’t the attorney talk with me? By Attorney Truman Scarborough When friends are more than willing to share their opinions and give advice, it may appear strange if an attorney refuses to talk about a legal problem.  However, attorneys can be ethically or legally...

Your Taxes May Be Changing

by Senior Scene | Oct 31, 2024 | Featured Article (04), Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine

Your Taxes May Be Changing By: Max Valavanis, CFP® Inflation has taken its toll on all of us one way or another. Whether you’re worried about an $8 Big Mac or having to take out a loan for a “seemingly” overpriced A/C unit, most Americans are feeling it’s effects....

Are there limitations on what you can do in a Will?

by Senior Scene | Oct 31, 2024 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)

Are there limitations on what you can do in a Will? By Attorney Truman Scarborough Anything can be written in a Will, including provisions that are contrary to the law.  The problems are encountered later in probate after the creator of the Will has passed. Some of...